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From mythic history to historic myth: Captain John Smith and Pocahontas in popular history.

机译：从神话历史到历史神话：约翰·史密斯船长和风中奇缘的流行历史。

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Popular cultural sources of history are important to the academic historian and should be examined as carefully as the standard primary and secondary documents. Historians can trace a long series of popular portrayals of the enduring Captain John Smith and Pocahontas legend including the nineteenth-century "Pocahontas plays," twentieth- century children's literature and popular historical fiction, and the Jamestown area of the Colonial National Historical Park. An examination of these sources provides an excellent case study of the importance of popular history. Academic scholars have neglected these sources despite the fact that these sources provide the general public with most of their exposure to the legend and are rich materials for the cultural historian. Only a thorough examination of popular cultural sources can provide an adequate explanation for the continuing vitality of such historical legends and for how most Americans understand their history. Rather than simply clouding the historical facts of Smith and Pocahontas' famous relationship, the evolving legend provides insight into American cultural values that would otherwise be lost to scholars. A scholarly understanding of the numerous popular historical portrayals of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas is essential to bridging the gap between popular and scholarly history. Such a study also provides a clearer, fuller understanding of the function of the Smith/Pocahontas legend in American popular culture. Popular cultural forms rely on the continued support of the general public and therefore serve as excellent cultural barometers to historians who are willing to open themselves to unconventional sources.
机译：流行的文化历史渊源对学术史学家很重要，应像标准的主要和次要文献一样仔细地检查。历史学家可以找到持久的约翰·史密斯船长和风中奇缘的传说的一系列流行描写，包括19世纪的“风中奇缘戏剧”，二十世纪的儿童文学和流行的历史小说以及殖民地国家历史公园的詹姆斯敦地区。对这些资源的检查提供了一个很好的案例，说明了通俗历史的重要性。尽管这些资料为公众提供了大部分有关该传说的信息，并且是文化史学家的丰富材料，但学术学者却忽略了这些资料。只有对流行文化资源进行彻底的检查，才能为这种历史传奇的持续活力以及大多数美国人如何理解其历史提供充分的解释。不断演变的传奇故事不仅使史密斯和Pocahontas的著名关系的历史事实蒙上了阴影，而且还提供了对美国文化价值观的认识，否则这些文化价值观将被学者们遗忘。学术上了解约翰·史密斯船长和风中奇缘的众多流行历史描写对于弥合流行史和学术史之间的鸿沟至关重要。这样的研究还使史密斯/波卡洪塔斯传奇在美国流行文化中的功能更加清晰，全面。大众文化形式依靠公众的持续支持，因此成为愿意向非常规资源开放的历史学家的绝佳文化晴雨表。

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    Bush, Marcella M.;

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    Bowling Green State University.;

  • 授予单位 Bowling Green State University.;
  • 学科 American studies.;American history.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 1997
  • 页码 233 p.
  • 总页数 233
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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